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Advertising : 113 wordsAdelaide was struck early yesterday morning by a hurricane unprecedented in the history of the State, gusts of wind reaching 81 m.p.h. cutting a wide path of destruction from the seaboard across the city to the ...
Article : 1,427 wordsDriven ashore just north of Glenelg in Saturday night's violent storm, the naval survey frigate Barroo was almost on the beach yesterday afternoon. At one time total loss of the vessel seemed likely and part of the crew was taken off by breeches buoy. However, the Barroo survived the high tide, and the rest of her company stayed on board. An effort will be made to refloat the vessel this afternoon. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 78 wordsTo discuss with Mr. Chifley South Australia's urgent need for more coal, the Premier (Mr. Plarford) ...
Article : 317 wordsMany shops and other business premises and private dwellings in the city were heavily hit by the ...
Article : 644 wordsRussia, in the Security Council today, vetoed Italy's application for membership of the United Nations. The Ukraine voted with Russia. The other nine ...
Article : 473 wordsThe ketch. The Hawk, which had loaded 1.120 bags of wheat at Port Broughton for the sailing ...
Article : 136 wordsShortly before the storm broke at 1.30 a.m., a naval launch carrying the commander, Lt.-Cmdr. Gale, out to ...
Article : 219 wordsUnroofing of homes and buildings and the shattering of windows and fences was particularly marked along ...
Article : 251 wordsPatrick James Peake, 20, the youngest of the three prisoners who escaped from the Adelaide Gaol on March 28. ...
Article : 212 wordsFor the country districts, the week-end storm brought to an end four months of drought and assured favorable conditions for seeding in the next two or three months. ...
Article : 645 wordsBritain has sent Notes to Russia and Italy suggesting preliminary discussions in Paris in May by the Powers ...
Article : 100 wordsFollowing a meeting of the central executive of the Miners' Federation yesterday, a recommendation that ...
Article : 100 wordsAfter his 22 foot motor [?] sank beneath him in the Port River in the early hours of yesterday morning, Mr. ...
Article : 192 wordsGood rains fell over a wide section of the Murrumbidgee irrigation area today, giving heart to wheat fanners who are ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 182 wordsIt was recalled yesterday that Amar Singh, 114-year-old Indian, forecast in March that a "tidal wave would nit Adelaide ...
Article : 33 wordsA Weather Bureau official said last night that the first indication of the approach of the storm was a shallow ...
Article : 118 wordsA 59-year-old Glenelg man is marooned on the isolated end of the Glenelg jetty, about 400 yards from the ...
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The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), Mon 12 Apr 1948, Page 1
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